The Year of Our Lord 1700

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Resigned	[August Bernich] †	Bishop of [Scutari (Royal), Albania]	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Pierre de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire †		Bishop of Tarbes, France
	70.0	Died	Francesco de’ Marini †	Bishop Emeritus of Molfetta, Italy
	53.3	Died	Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, O. de M. †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Born	James Bernard Dunne †		Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
		Born	Eugene (Owen) Geoghegan †		Coadjutor Bishop of Meath, Ireland
	50.0	Died	Marcus Giorga †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
		Born	Pierre Mauclerc de la Musanchère †		Bishop of Nantes, France
		Born	Theophilus MacCartan †		Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
	21.0	Professed	Polikarp Mihuniewicz (Myhunevych), O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archbishop-Elect of Smoleńsk (Ukrainian), Russian Federation
		Born	Teodozy Rudnicki-Lubieniecki †		Bishop of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	76.0	Died	Bernardinus a San Antonio, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
		Born	Manuel de Sosa y Béthencourt †		Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
		Born	Nicholas Sweetman †		Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
		Born	Juan B. Taborga y Durana (Tabarga) †		Bishop of Panamá
		Died	Francesco Maria Vignola †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
		Born	Stanislaus Wykowski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	80.0	Died	Benedykt Żuchorski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
Jan	39.2	Appointed	Francesco Bentini †	Apostolic Internuncio to Emperor	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
Jan	44.1	Resigned	Andrea Santacroce †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
5 Jan		Born	Manuel Muñoz Guil †		Bishop of Vic, Spain
10 Jan	36.8	Ordained Priest	Pietro Giacomo Pichi †	Priest	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
14 Jan	68.3	Died	Antonio Pérez de la Lastra †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
17 Jan	51.6	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Vallemani †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
19 Jan	51.3	Appointed	Louis-Armand Champion de Cicé †	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
19 Jan	51.3	Appointed	Louis-Armand Champion de Cicé †	Titular Bishop of Zabulon	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
Feb	46.3	Resigned	Daniello Marco Delfino †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
Feb	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Filoteo Zassi, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian), Albania
1 Feb	68.0	Died	Martin Ferdinand Brückner von Brückenstein †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
2 Feb		Born	Michele Maria Vincentini †		Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
2 Feb	24.9	Ordained Priest	Franz Anton Adolph von Wagensperg †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
3 Feb	42.5	Appointed	Marcello d’Aste †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
	42.2	Appointed	Antonio Folch y Cardona, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	46.0	Installed	Giovanni Maria Gabrielli, O. Cist. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
	73.0	Installed	Niccolò Radulovich †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	60.4	Installed	Sperello Sperelli †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
11 Feb	67.3	Died	Opizio Pallavicini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
14 Feb		Born	Angelo Longo, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Teano, Italy
17 Feb		Born	Domenico Giordani †		Bishop Emeritus of Teano, Italy
19 Feb	81.2	Died	Antonio de Azcona Umberto †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
20 Feb	49.4	Appointed	Angelo Vigliotti, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Malabar, India
20 Feb	49.4	Appointed	Angelo Vigliotti, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Malabar, India
21 Feb		Born	Ludwik Ignacy Riaucour †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
24 Feb	46.0	Died	Innokentiy Ivan Vynnytskyi (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
Mar	36.4	Resigned	Tommaso Ruffo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
1 Mar		Born	Francisco Juan Leiza (de Leyva) †		Auxiliary Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
3 Mar	80.0	Died	Girolamo Casanate †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
6 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Manuel Lopes Simões †	Priest	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Francesco Maria Miceli †	Priest	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
	68.5	Appointed	Enrico Noris, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
	68.5	Appointed	Enrico Noris, O.S.A. †	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Francesco Antonio Salomone (Salamone) †	Priest	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Agostino Spínola, C.R.S. †	Priest of Clerks Regular of Somasca	Bishop of Savona, Italy
7 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Nicolai, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Berytus	Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, China
12 Mar		Born	Filippo Acciaioli †		Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
12 Mar	48.1	Appointed	Aeneas O’Leyne †	Vicar Apostolic of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
14 Mar	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Charles Maigrot, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Conana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Fukien (Kuiceu), China
17 Mar	68.2	Died	Diego Ventura Fernández de Angulo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
18 Mar	68.2	Died	Francesco Scannagatta †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
19 Mar	50.2	Ordained Deacon	Angelo Maria Porfiri (Porfirius) †	Deacon	Bishop of Alife, Italy
21 Mar	50.2	Ordained Priest	Angelo Maria Porfiri (Porfirius) †	Priest	Bishop of Alife, Italy
25 Mar	34.5	Ordained Priest	Nicolò Tupputi †	Priest	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
27 Mar	28.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio Nin †	Priest	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
28 Mar	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Lodovico Maria Pandolfini †	Deacon	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
28 Mar	62.2	Died	Jerónimo Zolivera †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
30 Mar	50.6	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Albani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	52.4	Appointed	Lucas Bustos de la Torre †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
	63.3	Installed	Pierre-Armand du Camboust de Coislin †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Bishop of Orléans, France
	62.2	Appointed	Stanisław Kazimierz Dąmbski †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	42.6	Installed	Marcello d’Aste †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
	46.4	Installed	Daniello Marco Delfino †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	52.3	Appointed	Francesco del Giudice †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
	37.2	Appointed	Jan Gomoliński †	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
	57.8	Appointed	Guillermo Goñalons, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	38.8	Appointed	Francesco Andrea Grassi †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
	40.0	Appointed	Filippo Antonio Gualtieri †	Titular Archbishop of Athenae	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy
	42.6	Appointed	Pedro Reyes de los Ríos de Lamadrid, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
	39.7	Appointed	Antonio Rosignoli †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
	44.3	Installed	Andrea Santacroce †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	63.7	Appointed	Giovanni Dominico Tomati †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene
	54.2	Appointed	Konstantyn Józef Zieliński †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	33.2	Appointed	Petrus Zumi †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
4 Apr	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Rosignoli †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
6 Apr	34.4	Appointed	Francesco Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
6 Apr	65.3	Died	José de Barros Alarcão †	Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10 Apr	40.0	Appointed	Filippo Antonio Gualtieri †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Lodovico Maria Pandolfini †	Priest	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Nicolas Pisanelli, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
12 Apr	48.1	Appointed	Francesco Pignatelli (Sr.), C.R. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
12 Apr	39.7	Selected	Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
13 Apr		Born	Giacomo Filippo Consoli †		Bishop of Amelia, Italy
13 Apr	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Dominico Tomati †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene
16 Apr	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Jan Gomoliński †	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
18 Apr	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Folch y Cardona, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
20 Apr	39.7	Professed	Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
25 Apr	37.5	Selected	Teodor von Ludinghausen Wolff †	Coadjutor Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
2 May	39.7	Ordained Priest	Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
3 May	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Giulio Antonio Sacchi †	Deacon	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
4 May	60.8	Died	Giuseppe Antonio Bertodano †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
6 May		Born	Niccolò Borgia †		Bishop of Aversa, Italy
9 May	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Andrea Grassi †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
9 May	25.0	Ordained Priest	Giulio Antonio Sacchi †	Priest	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
10 May	50.3	Appointed	Domingos Barata, O.SS.T. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	50.3	Appointed	Domingos Barata, O.SS.T. †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	41.5	Appointed	Niccolò Caracciolo †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	82.2	Appointed	Réginald Cools, O.P. †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
	44.1	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Garcés Marcilla, O.M. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	55.3	Appointed	Pietro Martire Giustiniani, O.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece	Bishop
	59.3	Appointed	Juan Iñiguez de Arnedo †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
	39.9	Appointed	Adam Franciszek Ksawery Rostkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	39.9	Appointed	Adam Franciszek Ksawery Rostkowski †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	60.3	Appointed	Gregorio Solórzano Castillo †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
16 May	40.3	Ordained Priest	Alfonso De’ Bellincini †	Priest	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
16 May	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Antonio Gualtieri †	Titular Archbishop of Athenae	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy
17 May		Born	Hieronim Antoni Szeptycki †		Bishop of Płock, Poland
18 May		Born	Isidoro Cossío y Bustamente Diaz Santos †		Bishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
19 May	70.3	Resigned	Francesco Verde †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
20 May	25.2	Ordained Deacon	János Okolicsány †	Deacon	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
20 May	31.2	Ordained Deacon	Raymund Ferdinand von Rabatta †	Deacon of Passau, Germany	Bishop
21 May		Born	Charles-Joseph Quiqueran de Beaujeu †		Titular Bishop of Elusa
22 May	39.6	Appointed	Gianantonio Davia †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
26 May		Born	Felipe Ruiz de Ausmendi †		Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
28 May	33.5	Appointed	Nicolò Cervini †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
	49.2	Appointed	Emanuele Cicatelli †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
	38.1	Appointed	Oronzio Filomarini, C.R. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	56.4	Appointed	Tomaso Giustiniani, C.R.M. †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece	Bishop of Nebbio, France
	51.8	Appointed	Chryzostom Benedykt Gniński, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
	50.3	Appointed	Benito Noriega, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	69.4	Appointed	Sebastiano Perissi †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
	60.4	Appointed	Luis Pueyo Abadía, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
	57.5	Appointed	Alessandro Roncovieri †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
		Born	Henri-Gabriel van Gameren †		Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
29 May	48.6	Died	Giovanni Stefano Pastori †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
30 May	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Alvaro Benavente, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China
31 May	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Oronzio Filomarini, C.R. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	18.7	Professed	Innocentius (Leopoldus Ludovicus) Kollonitz, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Titular Bishop-Elect of Aureliopolis in Asia
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Benito Noriega, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Roncovieri †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
1 Jun	33.5	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò Cervini †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
1 Jun	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Emanuele Cicatelli †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
3 Jun	42.5	Installed	Antonio Folch y Cardona, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
3 Jun	67.6	Died	Michele Villa †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
5 Jun	22.8	Ordained Deacon	Matteo Bertolini †	Deacon	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	26.4	Ordained Deacon	Bernard Gozdzki †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	31.3	Ordained Priest	Raymund Ferdinand von Rabatta †	Priest of Passau, Germany	Bishop
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Luigi Maria Strozzi †	Priest	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
	39.8	Confirmed	Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
6 Jun	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Niccolò Caracciolo †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Born	Mattaeus Caraman †		Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
7 Jun		Born	Ottavio Maria de Mari, C.R.S. †		Bishop of Savona, Italy
9 Jun	29.9	Selected	Peter Cornelius Beyweg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
9 Jun	57.4	Converted	Yosyf Ivan Szumlański (Shumlyanskyi) †	Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
13 Jun	22.8	Ordained Priest	Matteo Bertolini †	Priest	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Goñalons, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	79.1	Died	Francesco Maidalchini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
20 Jun	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Lucas Bustos de la Torre †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Tomaso Giustiniani, C.R.M. †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece	Bishop of Nebbio, France
	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan Iñiguez de Arnedo †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
21 Jun	48.4	Appointed	Paolo Andrea Borelli, B. †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
	40.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Capano, C.R. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
	47.9	Appointed	Giovanbattista Carafa †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	42.7	Appointed	Tommaso d’Aquino, C.R. †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
	72.9	Appointed	Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	48.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Johann Philipp von Lamberg †	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
	40.4	Appointed	Angel de Maldonado, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	72.7	Appointed	Galeazzo Marescotti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	49.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis-Antoine de Noailles †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	41.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco Antonio de Borja-Centelles y Ponce de Léon †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	62.4	Appointed	Leone Strozzi, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	49.4	Appointed	Stanisław Szembek †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
24 Jun	24.4	Ordained Priest	Ascanio Argelati †	Priest	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Capano, C.R. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso d’Aquino, C.R. †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
27 Jun	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Andrea Borelli, B. †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanbattista Carafa †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Cristoforo Palmieri †	Deacon	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Solórzano Castillo †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
29 Jun	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio da Penha de França, O.A.D. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
29 Jun	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Paula Garcés Marcilla, O.M. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Huesca, Spain

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